Punjab Kings (PBKS) are back on their home turf at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali as they host defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) in Match No. 18 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Thursday. Both PBKS and GT have a couple of wins to their names after the first three matches but both sides are coming into this contest after losing their last match.
GT suffered a huge heartbreak after failing to defend 29 runs in the final over against Kolkata Knight Riders with Rinku Singh emerging as the hero with five successive sixes in the last five balls. PBKS also suffered a massive loss at the hands of SRH in Hyderabad, although skipper Shikhar Dhawan top-scored with 99 not out and grabbed the Orange Cap for the season as well.
PBKS will be boosted by the arrival of big-hitting England all-rounder Liam Livingstone, who should be available for the first game of the IPL 2023 season on Thursday. They may also look to bring in Kagiso Rabada into the side to provide them crucial breakthroughs.
GT, on the other hand, will be happy with the return of skipper Hardik Pandya, who missed the last game against KKR due to illness. Rashid Khan was the captain in the last match and also picked up IPL 2023’s first hat-trick but couldn’t lift his side to a win.
Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2023 Match No. 18 Details
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Date & Time: April 13, 730pm IST onwards
Live Streaming and TV details: Star Sports Network and Jio Cinema website and app.
PBKS vs GT IPL 2023 Match No. 18 Dream11 Prediction
Wicketkeeper: Jitesh Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha
Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan
All-rounders: Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Vijay Shankar
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami
Captain: Shikhar Dhawan
Vice-captain: Rashid Khan
PBKS vs GT IPL 2023 Match No 18 Predicted 11
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, M Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, R Sai Kishore
